Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • ?-conjugated heavy-metal polymers for organic white-light-emitting diodes
    Patent number: 9444065
    Abstract: A polymer mixture emits a broad spectrum of visible light that appears white or near-white in the aggregate. The polymer mixture comprises two (or more) components in the active layer. A heavy atom, such as platinum and/or iridium, present in the backbone of the mixture acts via a spin-orbit coupling mechanism to cause the ratio of fluorescent to phosphorescent light emission bands to be of approximately equal strength. These two broad emissions overlap, resulting in an emission spectrum that appears to the eye to be white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Zeev Valentine Vardeny, Leonard Wojcik, Tomer Drori
  • Conductive polymer blend composition and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9443639
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein pertain generally to a conductive polymer blend composition including a polymer-deaggregating agent and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Suck Hyun Lee, O Pil Kwon, Jae Eun Um, Tae Ja Kim
  • Branched shape optical isolator and optical apparatus, method and applications
    Patent number: 9442247
    Abstract: A branched optical isolator includes, located over a substrate, at least two branches connected to a trunk at a junction location. At least one branch comprises an optical absorber material and at least one branch comprises an optical transmitter material. The optical isolator may be incorporated into an optical chip carrier such that: (1) an optical emitting portion of an optical chip integral to or attached to the optical chip carrier; and (2) a connection to the optical isolator, are butt connected with a gap less than 10 nanometers, and otherwise materials matched. The optical isolator provides for attenuated backscattered optical radiation into the optical chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Deppe
  • Wideband transceiver for antenna array
    Patent number: 9444532
    Abstract: Beam measurement values are computed by transforming a signal to a beamspace representation using a beamforming matrix that includes a plurality of columns that define a plurality of beams. A second plurality of beams is selected from the plurality of beams based on a power captured by each beam derived from the computed beam measurement values. For each beam of the second plurality of beams as a first beam, a spatial phase shift component and a temporal delay component is computed based on the fixed spatial angle associated with the first beam and a carrier frequency, a filter is defined using the spatial phase shift component and the temporal delay component, a beam measurement value associated with the first beam from the computed beam measurement values is selected, and the defined filter is applied to the selected beam measurement value to define a filtered value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Akbar M. Sayeed, John H. Brady
  • Method for sending and receiving session history in a communications system
    Patent number: 9444649
    Abstract: A method is provided for receiving a session history by a Controlling Function (CF) in a communication system. The method includes sending, by a CF in a first domain, a first message requesting a session history to a Conversation Server (CS) in the first domain; receiving, from the CS in the first domain, a second message including access information to a CS in a second domain, which has a session history, when the CS in the first domain has no session history; sending a third message requesting a session history to the CS in the second domain, which has the session history, based on the access information; and receiving a fourth message including the session history from the CS in the second domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hyeon-Sang Eom, Sung-Jin Park, Seung-Yong Lee, Kyung-Tak Lee
  • Antimicrobial compounds, compositions and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9440920
    Abstract: Described herein are antimicrobial compounds identified via a high-throughput screen to identify compounds that produce anucleate cells in E. coli after cell division occurs. Compound 1 (5-nonyloxytryptamine) and its analogs are small molecule inhibitors of the nucleoid occlusion system and/or proteins that are responsible for maintaining the structure of the chromosome. The antimicrobial compounds are useful to treat bacterial infections as well as to inhibit bacterial growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Douglas Benjamin Weibel, Katherine Ann Hurley, Katherine Cassidy Faulkner
  • Anti-cancer compositions and methods
    Patent number: 9439887
    Abstract: Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including one or more selenium-containing COX-2 inhibitors are provided according to aspects of the present invention. Methods of treating a subject having or suspected of having cancer are provided according to aspects of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a selenium-containing COX-2 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gavin P. Robertson, Chandagalu D. Raghavendra Gowda, Dhimant H. Desai, Shantu G. Amin
  • Process for high-yield production of graphene via detonation of carbon-containing material
    Patent number: 9440857
    Abstract: A method of producing pristine graphene particles through a one-step, gas-phase, catalyst-free detonation of a mixture of one or more carbon-containing compounds hydrocarbon compounds and one or more oxidizing agents is provided. The detonation reaction occurs very quickly and at relatively high temperature, greater than 3000 K, to generate graphene nanosheets that can be recovered from the reaction vessel, such as in the form of an aerosol. The graphene nanosheets may be stacked in single, double, or triple layers, for example, and may have an average particle size of between about 35 to about 250 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Christopher Sorensen, Arjun Nepal, Gajendra Prasad Singh
  • Degradable cage coated with mineral layers for spinal interbody fusion
    Patent number: 9439948
    Abstract: A cage for facilitating fusion of bones, such as vertebrae, or fusion of adjacent bone surfaces is disclosed. In one form, the cage includes a plurality of spaced apart walls comprising a biodegradable polymeric material (e.g., polycaprolactone); an osteoconductive mineral coating (e.g., a calcium compound) on at least a portion of the walls; and a bioactive agent (e.g., a bone morphogenetic protein) associated with the polymeric material and/or the coating. The bioactive agent is present in amount that induces ossification between the bones or adjacent bone surfaces. The cage may also include a fixation plate connected to at least one of the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Chia-Ying Lin, Frank LaMarca, William L. Murphy, Scott J. Hollister
  • Glenoid vault fixation
    Patent number: 9439768
    Abstract: A joint prosthesis system, specifically a shoulder prosthesis, for shoulder replacement, revision and repair. The implants provide fixation into the best bone available to a surgeon. The implants are used in a superior-inferior and anterior-posterior construct forming a type of cross or X-shape. The implants allow for interchangeability of the articulating component as well as rotational orientation. The systems will allow for augments to accommodate bone loss. The implants may allow for additional security using screws or anchors inserted into the scapula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: IMDS LLC, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Iannotti, Gerald Williams, Dinesh Koka, Michael Chad Hollis
  • Method of manufacturing thermoelectric material and thermoelectric material prepared by the method and thermoelectric generator
    Patent number: 9444025
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a Pb—Te based thermoelectric material, the method comprising: forming a Pb—Te based by mixture mixing element lead, element tellurium and a dopant; melting and then quenching the mixture; and obtaining a thermoelectric sintered body by hot-pressing a molded body obtained after the quenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Hongchao Wang, Jun Phil Hwang, Chanyoung Kang
  • Nanoporous piezoelectric polymer films for mechanical energy harvesting
    Patent number: 9444030
    Abstract: Piezoelectric materials based on nanoporous polymer foams are provided. Also provided are nanogenerators incorporating the piezoelectric materials, piezoelectric energy harvesters incorporating the nanogenerators and methods of making and using the same. The piezoelectric materials comprise a unitary nanoporous matrix composed of a piezoelectrically active organic polymer, in which the pores are interconnected and have nanoscale diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xudong Wang, Yanchao Mao, Ping Zhao
  • Methods of treatment of heart dysfunctions using diuretic and natriuretic polypeptides
    Patent number: 9439951
    Abstract: This document provides diuretic and natriuretic polypeptides. For example, this document provides polypeptides having diuretic and/or natriuretic activities. In some cases, a polypeptide provided herein can have diuretic and natriuretic activities, while lacking the ability to lower blood pressure. This document also provides methods and materials for inducing diuretic and/or natriuretic activities within a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Robert D. Simari, Shuchong Pan, John C. Burnett, Jr., Horng H. Chen
  • Monitoring breathing via signal strength in wireless networks
    Patent number: 9443419
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for the use of sensor links in a network to estimate the breathing rate of a breathing subject within a structure, estimate the location of the subject within the structure, and detect if the subject is breathing. The structure may be a bed, a building, or a room in the building. The received signal strength of the sensor links is obtained and is then used in various breathing models to determine the breathing rate estimation, the location estimation, and the breathing detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Anthony Joey Wilson, Neal K. Patwari
  • Method and apparatus for propagating a message in a social network
    Patent number: 9444778
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for propagating a message in a social network are disclosed. A method for propagating a message in a social network according to an embodiment of the invention can include: calculating a degree of connectivity of each user; calculating a propagation capability of each user by using the calculated degree of connectivity and a probability of distribution; choosing target users for propagating a message by using the propagation capability of each user; and propagating the message to nodes of the chosen target users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation
    Inventors: Myungsik Yoo, Duy-Linh Nguyen, Wenji Quan
  • Natriuretic polypeptides
    Patent number: 9441027
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to natriuretic polypeptides and the use of natriuretic polypeptides to treat cardiovascular and/or renal conditions. For example, chimeric polypeptides having at least one amino acid segment (e.g., N-terminus tail, ring structure, C-terminus tail, or a combination thereof) of a natriuretic peptide (e.g., ANP, BNP, CNP, URO, or DNP) and an amino acid segment of an angiotensin polypeptide (e.g., Ang-(1-7)) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Candace Y.W. Lee, John C. Burnett, Jr.
  • System and method for monitoring thermal ablation using radiofrequency echoes
    Patent number: 9439729
    Abstract: Radiofrequency energy emitted from and reflected back toward a thermal ablation probe may be used to detect a gradual dissolution of a reflective interface between a tumor and surrounding healthy tissue as the ablation zone passes through this interface providing a real-time guidance with respect to the progress of ablation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peng Wang, Christopher L. Brace
  • Sweet orange tree named ‘B9-65’
    Patent number: PP27144
    Abstract: A new and distinct sweet orange clone, ‘B9-65’ was produced via adventitious shoot induction from a nucellar seedling internode stem segment. ‘B9-65’ is a vigorous tree that produces standard ‘Valencia’-type sweet orange fruit that is characterized by high fruit yield and high soluble solids content. The fruit size of ‘B9-65’ is larger than that for standard Valencia orange while having a similar fruit maturation date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude W. Grosser
  • Sweet orange tree named ‘N13-32’
    Patent number: PP27145
    Abstract: ‘N13-32’ is a new and distinct early season clone of ‘Hamlin’ sweet orange. Fruit of ‘N13-32’ exhibit improved juice color and typical or better soluble solids than the industry standard for processing. Fruit juice of ‘N13-32’ produced a juice color score higher than 36, which is the minimum color score requirement to produce “Grade A” juice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude W. Grosser
  • plant named ‘Hearts Desire’
    Patent number: PP27155
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Hearts Desire’, characterized by its mounding growth habit, heart-shaped green leaves that have a white center, white mid and primary veins, numerous red purple spots and speckles along the netted veins, and plants that are attractive in containers and sunny or shady landscapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh